the weekend

My brother Rob and his family came to our place this weekend. They arrived Thursday evening around 5:00 and we spent the evening eating and chit-chatting. Friday morning all the guys loaded up around 6:00 a.m. and went on a canoe trip down the Staunton River. It was an experience to behold, no pictures were taken due to the risk of cameras ending up in the "crick". Rob and Byron tried to jump a rock with their canoe, needless to say, the canoe lost and they ended up in the drink. We retrieved the canoe and one paddle but with the exception of one soda, the drinks in their canoe were a total loss. The only other flipped canoe was a result of someone trying to save their fishing line and stepping out of the canoe only to find it was deeper than they thought.We did some swimming, saw a bald eagle which was neat, and got toasted by the sun. I think good times were had by all.

Saturday was basically a laze around the house day with some softball knocked around in the back yard, church Sunday morning, then a departure around 3:00 p.m. Hopefully they won't wait two years again to come back.

Here are a few pics...

Hannah

Byron, Andrew, & Yours Truly

Rob pretending to be Mike Mussina

Casey & JoAna

Brendon

Byron, Andrew, Conrad